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Sypher replied on March 20, 2009 09:30 to the problem "Passwords of "Twitterfox" are causing problems with Foxmarks." in Xmarks:

Hi Eric,

It saves it permanently. As far as I've noticed it only happens when you have more than one account in there. Might be a Twitterfox issue, might be a Foxmarks issue.

Sypher reported a problem in Xmarks on March 13, 2009 09:24:

Passwords of "Twitterfox" are causing problems with Foxmarks.

I'm using Twitterfox to send Tweet's to Twitter. This addon saves its passwords in the Firefox password list. I'm synchronising it with 3 PC's of which 2 use Twitterfox. Most of the times the passwords disappear.

They are saved under "chrome://twitternotifier" in the password list.

Sypher replied on December 24, 2008 10:06 to the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

Hi Padde,

Thanks for your information. The bucket brigade indeed seems the issue, but I find it odd that it only occurs with bookmarks and not with passwords. The first one is larger, but that shouldn't be a problem.

For the record, I've updated my server from Hardy to Intrepid as well, so it is now running the following:

Apache/2.2.9 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 PHP/5.2.6-2ubuntu4 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.8g

If it is related to the bucket brigade, some things puzzle me:
1) Why isn't this being caused by Firefox under Windows?
2) Why isn't this being caused with password sync?
3) Why does "upload" and "download" work, while sync doesnt?

A comment on the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

I could try a nightly build, but I doubt Foxmarks will work on that. Different version of Ubuntu: I've already tried going from Hardy (8.04) to Intrepid (8.10) but its still the same. – Sypher, on December 23, 2008 10:29

A comment on the question "Foxmark across different operating systems" in Xmarks:

Ok sorry. We'll continue over there then. – Sypher, on December 20, 2008 10:02

A comment on the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

Hmm how could I've missed your reply. Well. No there is nothing wrong with my network and/or server. Syncing passwords always works 100%, not a single problem compared to the bookmark syncing.

I mounted the webdav share on my Ubuntu laptop, and I could upload AND download without problems. As said before: Passwords work. The "download" / "upload" buttons work as well. The problem is the syncing of bookmarks and uploading them afterwards. – Sypher, on December 20, 2008 10:02

A comment on the question "Foxmark across different operating systems" in Xmarks:

Sorry Eric but there are no errors AT ALL in the error console. Foxmarks log has been posted before, in my "own" thread. – Sypher, on December 19, 2008 21:32

A comment on the question "Foxmark across different operating systems" in Xmarks:

@ipje: Not to burst your bubble but this probably won't work long. I also tried it, but .... did work for 1 day – Sypher, on December 19, 2008 18:02

A comment on the question "Foxmark across different operating systems" in Xmarks:

Ah yes.. but the problem is quite similar. – Sypher, on December 19, 2008 08:16

Sypher replied on December 18, 2008 15:33 to the question "Foxmark across different operating systems" in Xmarks:

Bought a new laptop, and installed Ubuntu on it. Exactly the same problem as I had before.

Also: If the bookmarks file is "gone", password sync also breaks down because after the bookmark sync gives an error, FoxMarks stops.

Sypher replied on December 03, 2008 15:50 to the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

I see no errors at all, others (sites & chrome's) are seen there but there is no Foxmarks entry there.

Sypher replied on November 25, 2008 22:27 to the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

Nope, sadly the behavior of 2.6.0 is identical to 2.5.3.
I'm wondering: What is the internal difference between Sync (& Upload) and just upload? I guess it would be the same function right?

Oh by the way: It seems that this is only limited to bookmarks. Syncing passwords between Windows and Linux is not affected by this problem.

Sypher replied on November 25, 2008 09:45 to the question "Foxmark across different operating systems" in Xmarks:

Does "upload" and "download" work for you?

Sypher replied on November 24, 2008 22:22 to the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

Tried using a freshly created profile. This is a very temporary solution though because as soon as one of my other machines start syncing after adding a bookmark at one of those, and the Ubuntu one wants to get in too... It all fails again.

I can't wrap my head around this. Both up- and downloading seem to work just perfectly fine but when it comes to sync it just deletes my bookmarks.json file on my server and wont replace it with a new one.

Every time it happens, I have to restore a backup on the server, which is quite cumbersome and annoying to be honest.

Sometimes it tries to sync, but it ends up with an incomplete file and a sync never ending.

The logfiles on both my Apache as my Foxmarks aren't really informative. The Apache logs sometimes complain about "Could not get next bucket brigade", but only when my Linux machine is Foxmarksing.

Sypher replied on November 24, 2008 22:00 to the idea "Button to cancel synchronization" in Xmarks:

Yes.. Because sometimes the Sync never finishes and it would be nice to end it "properly" without killing the Firefox process.

Sypher shared an idea in Xmarks on November 21, 2008 11:22:

Button to cancel synchronization

It would be nice if you could cancel an ongoing sync.
But this only works if the "write" isn't been done yet.

Sypher replied on November 19, 2008 13:56 to the problem "Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server." in Xmarks:

When I say Upload from my Ubuntu machine I tailed my access.log. There are multiple PUT's, every ~10 seconds.

As far as I can see, this works. Downloading works also.
But... when I made changes to my bookmarks (bookmarks.json at webdav) and Firefox on Ubuntu notices it, it asks to merge. When I merge it fails horribly.

Sometimes it just deletes the whole file, other times it creates a part of it (300K while the normal file is around 600K). Exact size of partially synced file is 327162.

When I press the Synchronize now button the Foxmarks logs says:
[2008-11-19 14:52:03] Entered Merge...
[2008-11-19 14:52:03] >>> GET https://me@my.ip.addr/dav/bookmarks.json
[2008-11-19 14:52:08] >>> Callback
[2008-11-19 14:52:13] >> Merge processing folder Ongesorteerde bladwijzers (fnlkk8gh-1)
<etc>
A few ReplicateNode's.
[2008-11-19 14:52:13] Finished merge; calculating mcs
[2008-11-19 14:52:13] >>> PUT https://me@my.ip.addr/dav/bookmarks.json
[2008-11-19 14:52:13] >>> Body is: (disabled)

After this, nothing is happening. It keeps on "PUT"-ting it to my webdav server.

The problem only occurs with the Ubuntu one. At the moment that one is running Firefox 3.0.3. Latest Foxmarks at all machines. My Windows machines are running FF 3.0.4 but before with FF 3.0.3 there were no problems.

The "only" difference is that the Windows machines use my internal IP, and my Ubuntu one is using the external one. But its accessible by HTTP and HTTPS, so that couldn't be the problem.
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A comment on the problem "synchronizing never completes" in Xmarks:

My problem wasn't with password sync but bookmark sync. Either way, my issue is somewhat unrelated because I'm using my own Webdav (but it also never ends) – Sypher, on November 14, 2008 11:02

A comment on the problem "synchronizing never completes" in Xmarks:

I'm afraid that this is a temporary solution. At least for me it is. – Sypher, on November 13, 2008 15:04

Sypher reported a problem in Xmarks on November 13, 2008 13:11:

Bookmarks file being deleted by the Foxmarks client (Linux) when using my own Webdav server.

I'm using Foxmarks on 3 pc's: One XP, one Vista and one Ubuntu.
My bookmarks are stored centrally at my own webdav server.

All went well, but now there is an odd problem: The Ubuntu client deletes bookmarks.json from the server! The Windows clients can download, upload and "merge" without problems but as soon as my Linux box finds "changed" bookmarks, and I decide to sync them it deletes my bookmarks.

This is *somehow* related to "syncronizing never completes".
I tried creating a fresh Firefox profile at my Ubuntu machine. This seemed to fix it, but a short while later it stopped and deleted the file again!

My bookmarks are precious.. Why on earth would it *delete* the bookmarks.json from the server?